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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Improving the Random Number Guessing Game

Posted by Iosif Skorohodov
Iosif Skorohodov
1,126 Points

What is wrong with my code?

Could you check what is wrong with my code? All of the second question answers says that you guessed the correct answer.

Here is my code:

var correctGuess = false var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) +1; var guess = prompt("Im thinking of a number between 1 and 6"); if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber ){ correctGuess = true; } else if ( parseInt(guess) < randomNumber ) { var guessMore = prompt('Try again. The number I am think of is moer than ' + guess); if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber) { correctGuess = true; } } else if ( parseInt(guess) > randomNumber ) { var guessLess = prompt('Try again. brah. The number is actually lower than' + guess); if (parseInt(guessLess) === randomNumber ){ correctGuess = true; } } if (correctGuess = true) { document.write('You guessed the number!');

} else { document.write('Sorry. The number was ' + randomNumber); }

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

To properly display posted code, always use the instructions for code formatting in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up below the "Add an Answer" area. :arrow_heading_down:   Or watch this video on code formatting.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Your final test contains an assignment instead of a comparison:

if (correctGuess = true) {

So instead of testing if correctGuess is true, it makes it true. So the 2nd try will always seem to be right.

Also, when testing a boolean value, you don't even need a comparison expression, just name the term:

if (correctGuess) {
Iosif Skorohodov
Iosif Skorohodov
1,126 Points
Iosif Skorohodov
Iosif Skorohodov
1,126 Points

Great, thanks for the help.